Juliet Martin “I See You Falling Out of Love with Me”

440 Gallery

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440 Gallery presents I See You Falling Out Of Love With Me, a solo show of fiber art by Juliet Martin. Autobiographically driven, Martin addresses quirky and very personal issues of love and loss through a series of mixed-media works. Using materials and approaches that are not often associated together, Martin combines her love of hand-crafted fiber arts such as spinning and weaving, with traditional drawing and painting techniques. Tapestries, pillows and dolls are joined together to create vivid texturally-embellished forms that give Martin a way to tell a visual narrative.

Martin’s fascination with fiber as both a technique and a symbolic presence comes through in these pieces that are also slyly humorous. Martin’s materials are often woven out of anguish. Her painted pillows and dolls, while innocent upon first glance, reveal themselves to be as deceptive as unrequited love. It is when soft and sweet turns uncomfortable, such as when that childhood toy becomes scary, that is the very real nightmare for Martin.